New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-03
lone what he pleasos with eyerynooy,
oses all hts wonderful apIows when

no has the Princess In his power, and allows hef 10
be taken from hum In o helpless way. Inc iauy
herself who is very nearly If not quite In love WIN
her abductor, rewards his audacity oy paying Ills
debts for him after she has been rescued Due
,vbetber the orthodox conclusion Is ever reacneo
the author lsay es undeter mined. The tale is NOT
uninteresting but wildly impossible.
Tho author OF "Athothties" has borrowed tne
machinery used by Lessge in Asmodeus ana
omr,oved n az An auxiliary to not very singing
satire upop modern medicine. An Egyptian adept,
restored To human form after several thousand
years of transmigration, carries the supposed
narrator through a variety of scenes Intended 10
illustrate the Quackery, sclolism ana Ia'so pio-
fences which according to the theory deiorn 'h'
modern practice of medicine. Some OF the 'hci-
dental statements and alleged exposures Indicate
considerable special knowledge. A list of drug
adulterapts Is given which II correct may wen APP
nall the sick. There is much argument between
Pau,us Androcvdes and Atholties on ancient ana
modern doctrines aud hypothesis, and OF course the
modern views are nearly oil represented as IN
feror to the ancient ones, though IN no instance is
one of the latter stated 80 fully to render lnte
rent comparison possible The so-caed satirel not
exactlv dull. but it is not Of kind to please tue
general public. and 1t is is even conceivaoie tn..
members Of the medical profession wouio hot I'LL
find it either amusing or instructive.
The "Pripr is always entertaining and often
brilliant but In his last brochure he has taken
subject which appeals mainly to rather narrow
class at all events in this country HOW 10 MAKE
n Saint ~ is mocking burlesque on certain uitra-
ritualistic tendencies IN part OF ths Anglican
bieracbv Some of these clergymen propose 10
rect,fv what they consider the notifying omission
IN canonize any saints in the Established Church
since the Reformation and this little volume RECORDS
the methods taken to raise the question Oh the
Legitimacy of such canonization. and what came OF
the experiment. There is much satire, both sharp
and subtle. in the skit, and not less OF tne rre'
erence which tho ''Prig" has taught us to expect
from him.
The author of the "Leavenworth Case" will gain
no fresh reputation from the detective story Gu
titled az to H." though the second tale Ohe
Hour More" which is bound MP with 1t but not
mentioned on the title page, possesses much merit
The first story is heavy; the second. which appears
70 be founded upon fact, is one of those quiet
tragedies tho like Of which are continually oc-
currine II is the story Of Communard exi!ed for
years and then returning, to find that his faithful
wife. after waiting patiently for him, had missed
him at the quay, and rashy concluding that he was
dead. had committed suicide. He enters her room
An hour after the poor creatures death. The
tableau IS strong
These stories by George Sand have never, the
translator states in PREDATORY note. been published
IN French. and in English only by certain Ameri-
can aud English newspapers The longest taie'
"Tbe Lilies of Florence" is romance
in which tho supernatural and the nat
ural 90 hand in hand. 1t belongs to class
of fiction which, though not old, is near
ly extinct. Sentimentalism, fatalism. moods run
ming riot, all kinds of outbursts and emotional
orrn,io,s nunctuate such stories. Young and old
are subject to gusts of passion, which leave them
scared and exhausted. Everything is strung to the
highest pitch. Everybody talks in meodramat'c
way. There Is wit and literary style, but no real
ism nothing 10 suggest actual hu IMAM experience
II these short stories but small sample OF guam
titles left by George Sand. the probability that the
fame Of the writer can be revived by their publ
cation as whole is cot very great she VIII nave
TO depend upon her novels for reputation. and per-
haps twenty years hence not many even OF those
| will be read.